Ultrashort-Echo-Time MRI of the Disco-Vertebral Junction: Modulation of Image Contrast via Echo Subtraction and Echo Times
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Samples
2.2. MR Imaging
2.3. MRI Image Processing
2.4. Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and Contrast-to-Noise Ratio (CNR)
2.5. Statistics
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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SNR | CNR | ||||||
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Sequence | TR [ms] | TE [ms] | CEP | NP | VEP | CEP−NP | CEP−VEP |
SE T1-w | 650 | 10 | 12.4 (0.8) | 16.5 (4.1) | 10.2 (1.3) | −4.1 (4.2) | 2.2 (1.8) |
SE T2-w | 3700 | 100 | 3.8 (1.0) | 7.9 (2.6) | 3.8 (0.9) | −4.1 (2.8) | 0.0 (0.9) |
3D Cones | 50 | 0.03 | 16.7 (3.6) | 15.0 (1.1) | 10.4 (2.2) | 1.8 (3.4) | 6.3 (1.8) |
50 | 2.5 | 13.7 (3.2) | 14.6 (0.8) | 5.7 (1.6) | −0.8 (3.2) | 8.0 (2.2) | |
50 | 7 | 9.2 (2.1) | 12.7 (0.8) | 3.0 (0.8) | −3.4 (2.7) | 6.2 (1.5) | |
50 | 16 | 5.4 (0.9) | 10.3 (0.9) | 1.8 (0.2) | −4.8 (1.8) | 3.6 (0.9) | |
3D Cones Subtraction | TE 1 [ms] | TE 2 [ms] | |||||
0.03 | 2.5 | 2.9 (0.7) | 1.0 (0.4) | 3.7 (1.1) | 1.8 (0.5) | −0.8 (0.6) | |
0.03 | 7 | 6.2 (1.5) | 2.6 (0.6) | 5.7 (1.3) | 3.6 (1.2) | 0.5 (1.3) | |
0.03 | 16 | 9.2 (2.4) | 4.7 (1.0) | 6.7 (1.6) | 4.5 (1.7) | 2.5 (1.4) |
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Chen, K.C.; Siriwananrangsun, P.; Bae, W.C. Ultrashort-Echo-Time MRI of the Disco-Vertebral Junction: Modulation of Image Contrast via Echo Subtraction and Echo Times. Sensors 2024, 24, 5842. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175842
Chen KC, Siriwananrangsun P, Bae WC. Ultrashort-Echo-Time MRI of the Disco-Vertebral Junction: Modulation of Image Contrast via Echo Subtraction and Echo Times. Sensors. 2024; 24(17):5842. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175842
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Karen C., Palanan Siriwananrangsun, and Won C. Bae. 2024. "Ultrashort-Echo-Time MRI of the Disco-Vertebral Junction: Modulation of Image Contrast via Echo Subtraction and Echo Times" Sensors 24, no. 17: 5842. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175842